Caring about health and safety

ISO Standards for healthcare, wellbeing and safety

From monitoring vital signs to the signage and symbols that help prevent accidents at work or at home, there are more than 1 000 ISO Standards that keep people healthy and safe.

Trusted by manufacturers, practitioners, regulators and patients, ISO Standards go beyond tangible objects like monitors and syringes. Countless health professionals rely on ISO management systems help deliver quality healthcare with total confidence. While ISO symbols work as a universal language that can warn people of potential hazards and help them to stay safe.

Below you can find out more about the most commonly-used standards for health, safety and wellbeing, who develops them, and new projects in the pipeline.

Rapid growth in the number of available medications may be contributing to increased uncertainties. That is where the new ISO IDMP (IDentification of Medicinal Products) series comes in.

The people who develop standards

Covering almost every sector you can think of, from Assistive products to Zinc alloys, ISO has over 200 technical committees. Below we've listed just a handful that we think will be of particular interest to you. If it doesn't have what you're looking for, you can find the complete list of technical committees here.